Location: New York, NY
URL: http://joost.com
Joost provides a new way of watching TV that combines the best of full-screen television entertainment with online interactive and community benefits to bring an unprecedented selection of video content to viewers anytime, anywhere. Joost is based on a state-of-the-art, secure, peer-to-peer streaming technology.
Joost is the latest startup from Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström (founders of Kazaa and Skype). Our first product is currently in open beta—http://www.joost.com/download/ . It is the first online, global TV distribution platform, bringing together advertisers, content owners and users in a community-driven environment.
We are looking for bright, motivated and experienced technologists to join our New York City team in the Union Square area.
- Must have a strong Java development background with at least 3 – 5 years experience with a concentration on the back-end server.
- Experience with large-scale web-based java project (servlets and web frameworks) and exposure to java open source technologies (esp. apache)
- Ability to build from scratch and to contribute to high-level architectural design.
- Self starter and creative thinker with the ability to leverage your prior experience to create solutions and solve problems
- Prior work experience in media, publishing or social networking a plus
- Desire to start in a small multi-location environment and help grow the technology and culture towards a much larger enterprise
- Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent real-world experience in developing, deploying and maintaining large scale java based web
applications
If you feel you are qualified for this position, please email a resume and cover letter. Please also include the title of the position you are applying for in your subject line. All submission can be emailed to: engineering@jobs.joost.com.
To apply: engineering@jobs.joost.com